AMENDMENT TO IRC:24-2010

Amendment No. 1 / IRC:24-2010/ January 2014

To
IRC:24-2010 “Standard Specifications and Code of Practice for Road Bridges,
Section V
Steel Road Bridges (Limit State Method) (Third Revision)
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Page No.
1. 504.3 The distance between centres of the main Replace “main girders” by “main outermost
girders shall be sufficient to resist overturning girders”
(Page 36)
or over stressing due to lateral forces and
loading conditions

2. 504.4(b) For rolled steel joists and plate girders Replace “plate girders” by “uniform depth plate
girders”
(Page 36)

3. 504.6.2(a) Beams and plate girders upto and including Substitute the following for the existing:

4.
(Page 37)

507.5.1.2
(Page 63)
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35 m span need not be cambered

Loaded through one Leg –

“It is not mandatory to camber beams and plate
girders upto and including 35 m span”

Add the following at after the word ‘below’:

The flexural torsional buckling strength of “in place of λ in clause 507.1.2.1 and using
single angle loaded in compression through curve ‘C’ (α = 0.49) of Fig. 5”
one of its legs may be evaluated using the
equivalent slenderness ratio λe as given
below:
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5. 509.3.1 Both flanges fully restrained Substitute the following for the existing:
Table 12 “Both flanges partially restrained”.
(Page 86)
Second Column
“Warping
Restraint” Line
1

6. 509.3.1 In simply supported beams with intermediate Substitute the following for the existing:
lateral restraints against lateral torsional
Para 2 “In simply supported beams with intermediate
buckling the effective length for lateral
lateral restraints against lateral torsional
(Pages 86 & 87) torsional buckling to be used in Clause
buckling, the effective length for lateral torsional
509.2.2.1, LLT, shall be taken as the length of
buckling, LLT to be used in Clause 509.2.2.1
the relevant segment in between the lateral
shall be taken as the length of the relevant
restraints. The effective length shall be
segment in between the lateral restraints. In
equal to 1.2 times the length of the relevant
case of intermediate partial lateral restraints, the
segment in between the lateral restraints.
effective length LLT shall be taken as equal to
1.2 times the length of the relevant segment in
between the partial lateral restraints.

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7. 509.4.2.2(b) tan-1(d/c) Substitute the following for the existing:

(Page 94) d 
 
-1  c 
“nearly tan ”
1.5

8. 509.5.1 Panel B is designed without utilizing tension Substitute the following for the existing:
filed action as given in Clause 509.4.2.2(a)
Fig.7 Note 2 “Panel B is designed using simple post-critical
method as given in Clause 509.4.2.2(a)”
(Page 95)

9. 514.4.5 Erection scheme of the bridge shall be Substitute the following for the existing:
checked to ensure the adequacy of the
(Page 170) “All components of the bridge structure shall
affected components of the bridge structure

10. 514.5.9
(Page 171)
erection.

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and safety of the bridge at all stages of
be checked against temporary forces, to which
these will be subjected to during various stages
of erection, to ensure safety during erection”.

The method of erection, as also the drawing Substitute the following for the existing:
of the temporary work and the use of erection
equipment, shall be subject to the approval
by the Engineer.
“The Engineer shall approve the procedure of
erection, drawings of temporary works and use
of erection equipment, prior to commencement
of erection”.
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 ERRATA TO IRC:24-2010

Errata No. 1/ IRC:24-2010/January 2014

To
IRC:24-2010 “Standard Specifications and Code of Practice for Road Bridges”
Section V
Steel Road Bridges (Limit State Method) (Third Revision)
Sl. No. Clause No. & For Read
Page No.
1. Cl.501.5 Symbols Cmy, Cmz Moment amplification Delete
(Page 11) factor about respective axes
2. Cl.503.1.2(c) …. appropriate choice of one or Insert ‘of’ between ‘more’ and ‘the’
Lines 4&5 more the following: …..
(Page 28)
3. Cl.503.2.2 Line 2 …. The limits states are classified Replace ‘limits states’ by ‘limit states’
(Page 29) as: …..
4. Cl.503.5.2 Line 2 …. the partial safety factor for Replace ‘(f)’ by ‘(γf)’

5.

6.
(Page 31)
Table 2 Column 2 ‘D/tf ’
Against ‘Stem of a
T-Section etc’
(Page 33)
Table 2 Column 2 ‘D/tf ’
Against ‘Circular
hollow tube etc.’
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loads (f) shall be…..
Replace by ‘d/t’

Replace by ‘D/t’
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(Page 33)
7. Fig. 1 Figure ‘h’ Replace by ‘d’
for ‘ROLLED
CHANNELS’
(Page 35)
8. Cl. 506.1.2.3 “fuγmo/fyγml” Replace by “0.9fuγmo/fyγml
Line 6
(Page 41)
9. Fig. 5 Existing figure does not show Insert λ as the title of the abscissa (X-axis)
(Page 50) the title of the abscissa
10. Cl.507.5.1.2 (l / rvv )  l 
Line 7 λvv = and  
ε π2 ε / 250 r
(Page 63) λvv =  vv  and
(b1 + b2 )/ 2t π2 E
λφ = ε
250
ε π2 ε / 250
(b1 + b2 )/ 2t
λφ =
π2 E
ε
250

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11. Cl.509.2.1.1 d/tw ≤ 67ε Replace by d/tw > 67ε
Line 3
(Page 78)
12. Table 11 KL/r Replace by LLT/ry,
(Page 84) h/tf Replace by hf / tf
13. Table 13 Last row, Existing ‘figure’ shows top Delete top flange gusset from the ‘figure’
First Column:Free flange gusset
(Page 88)
14. Cl.509.4.2.1 ε and fy Replace by εw and fyw respectively wherever
(Page 92) appearing
15. Cl.509.4.2.2(b) τb = buckling strength……. Delete the Line
Line 12 Clause 509.4.2.2(a)
(Page 93)
16.

17.

18.

19.
Cl.509.4.2.2 (b)
Line 18
(Page 94)
Cl.509.6.1.1(a)
(Page 97)
‘ε’

Cl.509.6.1.1(b)(iii) c < d
(Page 98)
Cl.509.6.1.1(d)
C
= d cos φ + (c-sc-st) sin φ

250 / f yw
Replace by = d cos φ - (c-sc-st) sin φ

Replace by ‘εw’ wherever appearing.

Replace by c < 0.74d

Add “ = yield stress ratio of web”.

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εw =
(Page 98)
20. Cl.509.6.1.2(b) εf = 250 / f yf Add “= yield stress ratio of flange”
(Page 99)
21. Cl.510.3.1.2(c) for n ≤ 0.2 Mndy = Mdy
(Page 113) for n > 0.2 Mndy = 1.56 Mdy Mndz = 1.11 Mdz (1-n) ≤Mdz
(1 – n) (n + 0.6) For n ≤ 0.2, Mndy = Mdy
Mndz = 1.11 Mdz (1 – n) ≤ Mdz For n > 0.2, Mndy = 1.56 Mdy (1-n) (n+0.6)’
22. Table 15 Table 15 Replace existing Table 15 by revised Table
(Page 116) 15 shown separately
23. Cl.511.6 Line 1 No fatigue assessment is Replace by :
(Page 129) necessary if any of the following No fatique assessment is required if the
conditions are satisfied following conditions are satisfied.
24. Cl.512.6.4 Line 8 ‘0.9 fub An ≤ fyb Asb(ϒmf/ϒm)’ Replace by ‘0.9 fub An ≤ fybAsb(ϒmf /ϒm0)’
(Page 149)
25. Cl.C1.2 Line 3 ‘(LLT)’ Replace by ‘(LLT)2’
(Page 177)

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26. Cl. C1.2 Line 19 (z2 - y2) Replace by (z2 + y2)
(Page 177)
27. Table C.1 Existing Table incomplete Replace by complete Table shown separately
(Page 178)
28. Table C1(contd..) : Under c2 : Line 7 “1.257” Replace by “1.267”
Constants Under c3 : Line 5 : “1.780” Replace by “1.730”
(Page 179) Under c3 : Line 10 : “1.390” Replace by “1.890”
29. Cl. C1.2 “It = The torsion constant….” Replace by “It = St Venant’s torsion
(Page 179) constant….”
30. Cl. G4.6.2 “…. Parallel to the axis of the Replace by:
Definition of k2 girder…..” “……parallel to the yyaxix of the girder”
Line 4
(Page 222)

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Table 15 Equivalent Uniform Moment Factor (Cl. 510.3.2.2)
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Table 15 Equivalent Uniform Moment Factor (Cl. 510.3.2.2)

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